15 Dec
2025
15 Dec
'25
1:57 p.m.
Birmingham screwdriver is a UK term for a hammer, reflecting perceptions of relative
craftsmanship
More concerning is the fashion for powerdriving wood screws, always #10 and too long,
always buried in the wood and never piloted or csk.
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Koning via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org]
Sent: 15 December 2025 21:14
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Cc: Paul Koning <paulkoning(a)comcast.net>
Subject: [cctalk] Re: IBM 2315 Cartridges
On Dec 15, 2025, at 4:00 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Well... I remember growing up my father told me that some people think a hammer is a
suitable tool for inserting a wood screw. Apparently in Holland this practice is known as
"American screw driving". Hmmm...
paul
> The RK05 manual (similar pack) says to turn
the screws backwards
> until you can feel they are in the original threads before screwing them in.
On Mon, 15 Dec 2025, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote:
This is common practice for every screw and
material (wood, metal, plastic etc.).
It is a sad comment on our society that there could be a need to tell people.
Are there really people who were not taught that the first time that they encountered a
threaded fastener?